Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

Location: Brazil; Remote

Company

Technology and creative services provider delivering nearshore staff augmentation, digital transformation, engineering, and design services for U.S. companies and enterprise brands.

What you will do

• Map current-state workflows, diagnose operational friction, and identify handoff failures, governance gaps, tooling mismatches, and value gaps in stalled implementations.
• Redesign target-state operations and comprehensive operating models covering organizational structure, roles, governance, cross-functional interactions, decision rights, and human-agent collaboration.
• Build functional AI-powered workflows, automations, proofs of concept, and prototypes using LLM APIs, platform-native features, and low-code/no-code environments.
• Use working demos in client processes to align stakeholders, evaluate practical AI opportunities, and set realistic expectations about AI adoption.
• Establish performance baselines and measurement frameworks, support tool and workflow rollouts, and connect enablement materials to the intended operating model.
• Scope engagements, assess implementation readiness and value capture, develop adoption strategies, and contribute reusable qualification and scoping frameworks.

Requirements

• 5–10 years of experience in management consulting or equivalent roles within enterprise technology, SaaS, or professional services.
• Expertise in at least two of the following: organizational design, operating model transformation, change management, technology enablement, process engineering, or go-to-market execution.
• Experience building structured, evidence-based arguments to influence and align senior stakeholders.
• Hands-on experience building functional AI-powered workflows, automations, and prototypes, with the ability to ship working solutions.
• Ability to rapidly scope and build a working proof of concept within client engagement constraints.
• Ability to work autonomously without a dedicated engineering team and determine when to build independently or involve additional resources.
• Strong diagnostic mindset focused on understanding root causes and broken processes before developing solutions.
• Accountability for measurable outcomes and impact, with a preference for early working prototypes over static roadmaps.
• Ability to operate in a forward-deployed capacity alongside client engineers, product leads, and operators.

Nice to have

• Experience with large-scale organizational assessments, process redesigns, or large-scale technology rollouts.

Culture & Benefits

• 100% remote work from Brazil with a laptop and reliable internet connection.
• Competitive compensation paid in USD.
• Paid time off and focus on well-being and work-life balance.
• Autonomy to manage working time based on results.
• Projects with leading U.S. companies and collaboration across a diverse global network of more than 600 professionals in 25+ countries.
• Collaboration with experienced senior professionals and engagement activities.